Washboard.



No. 825,464. PATENTED JULY 10, 1906. El. M. HULTQUIST. WASHBOARD. 7APPLICATION FILED MAY19,1905.

EDWARD M. HULTQUIST, OF BROOKHAVEI MISSISSIPPI.

WASHBOARD.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented July 10, 19k 6.

Application filed May 19. 1905. Serial No. 261,236.

lb all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, EDWARD M. HULT- QUIST, a citizen of the UnitedStates, residing at Brookhaven, in the county of Lincoln and State ofMississippi, have invented certain new and useful Improvements inI/Vashboards, of which the following is a specification.

This invention embodies a novel attaching device designed to be appliedparticularly to a washboard in order to firmly support such board inproper position in a tub or similar receptacle, permitting the operatoror one washing the clothes to have free use of both hands.

The essential feature of the invention resides in the general simplicityof the attaching device, whereby the same may be manufactured cheaplyand whereby the substantiality of the article is greatly subserved.

For a full description of the invention and the merits thereof and alsoto acquire a knowledge of the details-of construction of the means foreffecting the result reference is to be had to the following descriptionand accompanying drawings, in which- Figure 1 is a perspective view ofthe device, showing it applied to a portion of a tub. Fig. 2 is avertical longitudinal section. Fig. 3 is a detail perspective view ofthe wire support.

Corresponding and like parts are referred to in the followingdescription and indicated in all the views of the drawings by the samereference characters.

In the drawings the numeral 1 indicates the washboard, and the numeral 3the side bars thereof. The attaching device for supporting the washboardin the tub consists mainly of spaced vertically-arranged supportingmembers 2, the upper ends of which are formed with lateral points to beembedded in the side bars 3 of the washboard 1, hooks i being formedadjacent to the upper extremities of the members 2, so as to overlap orengage over the rim portion of the tub in the actual use of theinvention. Extending from the lower ends of the members 2 are braces 5and 6, the latter projecting laterally from the members 2 and havingpoints at the outer ends to be embedded in the bars 3, and therebyfirmly connect the attaching device to the washboard. The braces 5 arediagonally arranged, each extending from the lower ends of one of themembers 2 to a point adjacent to the front end portion of the op positebrace 6. The braces 5 therefore cross each other at a point'intermediateof their ends, and said braces 5, as well as the braces 6, arepreferably offset near the outermost extremities, as shown at 8, saidoffset portions limiting the penetration of the points of the braceswith respect to the bars 3 of the washboard.

In the preferred construction of the invention and in order tomaterially cheapen the attaching device so far as cost of manufacture isconcerned said device is preferably made from wire of suitable gage tolend the requisite substantiality. The members 2 are bent outwardly attheir upper ends to form the hooks 4, and the braces 5 extend diagonallyfrom the members 2, being integral therewith and constituting extensionsor bent portions of said members 2. The braces 6 likewise are of wire,and the inner ends of said braces are attached to the members 2 bytwisting such ends about the lower portions of said parts 2.

In operation the loops i are hooked upon the top of the tub and theparts 2 allowed to engage the inside of the tub. The washboard is thenheld sccurelyin position, so that the operator is free to use bothhands, and the bottom of the tub is not obstructed by the legs of thewashboard, as is commonly the case.

Having thus described the .invention, what is claimed as new is 1. Incombination, a washboard and an attaching device therefor designed tosupport the board in a receptacle, said attaching device comprisingspaced supporting members secured at their upper ends to the washboard,hooks adjacent to the upper ends of the members aforesaid to engage overthe tub as specified, lateral braces extending from the lower ends ofsaid spaced supporting members and affixed at their outer ends to thewashboard, and other braces integral with the spaced supporting membersand secured at one end to the washboard to hold said spaced supportingmembers rigidly in position.

2. In combination, a washboard and an attaching device therefor designedto support the board in a receptacle, said attaching device comprisingspaced vertical supporting members having the upper extremities thereofsecured to the washboard, hooks adjacent to the upper extremities of themembers aforesaid, a lateral brace extending from the lower end of eachvertical supporting mem ber and having a point at its outer end embeddedin the washboard, and a diagonal brace extending from the lower end ofeach vertical supporting member and terminating in a point adjacent tothe opposite lateral brace, the diagonal braces crossing each other at apoint intermediate of their ends and having the points at their outerextremities embedded in the washboard.

3. In combination, a washboard and an attaching device therefor designedto support the board in a receptacle, said attaching device comprisingspaced vertical members bent rearwardly at their upper end portions toform hooks and provided with points at the upper extremities embedded inopposite side portions of the washboard, a lateral brace extending fromthe lower end of each supporting member and consisting of a piece ofwire having its inner end twisted about the lower portion of itssupporting member, the

outer end of said brace being offset and pointed and embedded in a sideof the washboard, each vertical supporting member being made from alength of Wire and having its lower extremity bent diagonally therefromand terminating in a point near the outer end of the opposite lateralbrace, the diagonal portions of the supporting members constitutingdiagonal braces crossing one another intermediate of their ends andhaving the points at their outer extremities embedded in the washboardadjacent to the points of the lateral braces. 4

In testimony whereof I aflix my signature in presence of two witnessesEDWARD M. HULTQUIS'I. L. s.] l/Vitnesses:

WV. A. KIRK, CHAS. Horonxiss.

